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2024-2025学年度上学期12月月考
高二英语试题
全卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分,满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
1. Where is the hairdryer?
A. In the bedroom. B. In the bathroom. C. In the sitting room.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Expressing thanks. B. Asking for help. C. Making a suggestion.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A bus line. B. A policy. C. A newspaper.
4. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Shop online. B. Take a day off. C. Borrow a coffee machine.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分,满分22. 5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答6-7小题。
6. How does the man usually go to work?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. By subway.
7. What will the man start doing next month?
A. Learning to drive. B. Travelling around the world. C. Looking for a new apartment.
听下面一段对话,回答8-9小题。
8. At what price was The Scream sold?
A. 82. 5 million dollars. B. 106. 5 million dollars. C. 119. 9 million dollars.
9. What does the woman say about the paintings?
A. Their commercial value always changes.
B. They're becoming more valuable than before.
C. They get much appreciation from personal collectors.
听下面一段对话,回答10-12 小题。
10. What does the woman think of studying in France?
A. It's surprising. B. It's worthwhile. C. It's disappointing.
11. Where does the woman advise the man to live when studying abroad?
A. In the school dormitory. B. In a host family. C. In a rented apartment.
12. What did the man do yesterday morning?
A. He surfed the Internet. B. He handed in his application form.
C. He went to the Study-Abroad Center.
听下面一段对话,回答13-16小题。
13. Who is the woman probably?
A. A reporter. B. A hostess. C. A manager.
14. How did the man find the plastic component business?
A. It was tiring. B. It was boring. C. It was interesting.
15. What inspired the man to set up Cliche?
A. Eye shadow. B. A wedding dress. C. Plastic drinking straws.
16. What did the man do to get Cliche started?
A. He sold the products by himself. B. He gave the concept to a big firm.
C. He cooperated with a famous company.
听下面一段对话,回答17-20小题。
17. When did the speaker's mother build a shelter for children?
A. In 2005. B. In 2006. C. In 2007.
18 What disease does the speaker's mother suffer from?
A. Alzheimer's disease. B. Parkinson's disease. C. Blood pressure disorders.
19. What can the speaker's mother do now?
A. Sing songs. B. Watch TV shows. C. Do morning exercises.
20. What will the speaker probably talk about next?
A. Her talks with her mother. B. The care center's regulations. C. Her mother's expectations of her.
第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15 小题;每小题2. 5分,满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。
A
Young Writers Awards
About the Contest
Bennington College has a unique literary tradition. We’ve had twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, three US poet laureates, four MacArthur Geniuses, and two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. In celebration of this, Bennington launched the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Students are invited to enter with the following work:
•Poetry: A group of three poems
•Fiction: A short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play
•Nonfiction: A personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)
A first-, second-, and third-place winner is selected in each category. We welcome participation of both US and international students.
Awards & Rules
First-place winners in each category are awarded a prize of $1,000; second-place winners receive $500; third-place winners receive $250.
•No charge for entrance. Fees for accidents caused by participants are required.
•All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and guided by a teacher. We will use your teacher as a contact for the competition should we have any questions. For homeschooled students, please contact one to assist in your writing even if you have experience in such competitions.
Young Writers Awards finalists and winners are also qualified for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington. Young Writers Awards finalists who apply and gain admission to Bennington will receive a $10,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $40,000. Young Writers Awards winners reaching the standard will receive $15,000 every year, for a total of $60,000.
1. What can be learned about the Young Writers Awards?
A. It rewards three winners at last.
B. It’s a tradition of Bennington College.
C. It accepts participants worldwide.
D. It offers scholarships to undergraduates.
2. What are the participants asked to do?
A. Hand in a personal essay.
B. Have related writing experience.
C. Pay an entry fee on time.
D. Find a teacher to help with the entry.
3. How much will the second-place winner to be admitted into Bennington gain in total?
A. $10,500.
B. $15,500.
C. $40,500.
D. $60,500.
B
One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling.
She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.”
Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her.
To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help.
Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools.
The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service.
4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?
A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $675,000.
B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much.
C Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first.
D. Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely.
5. What is Le Book Humanitaire?
A. It is a notebook.
B. It is a Facebook page.
C. It is a non-profit charity.
D. It is run by local communities.
6 Which of the following is true about the project?
A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all.
B. It provided everything a community needed.
C. It relied on local donations to provide meals.
D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else .
7. Which words can best describe Lapierre?
A. Greedy and close-minded.
B. Courageous and easy-going.
C. Humorous and self-disciplined.
D. Determined and tender-hearted.
C
During a job interview, you’re so nervous that it’s hard to think. And afterwards, when someone asks you how it goes, you actually can’t remember. You might feel that you’re losing your memory, but according to Dr Ira Fischler, this “blackout” is probably not a loss of memory at all. It’s more likely that you didn’t even have the memory in the first place.
Fischler is a professor of psychology at the University of Florida. “When memories of specific emotional events appear to be lost, it’s most often because our attention during the event is not on the interaction itself,” he told Global News. Instead, it’s common for a person to be engrossed in how they present themselves or their inner emotional state during the interaction—especially at the stressful moments. This would explain why some people struggle to recall the questions asked during a job interview, for example. They are instead concentrating their attention on how they’re presenting themselves to the employers at that moment.
When we’re in a situation that causes nervousness or anxiety, a “fight or flight” reaction is caused, which sends certain hormones (荷尔蒙) out into the body. “It can cause several side effects, like feeling light-headed and dizzy and affect the way our brain remembers situations that we’ve been in,” said psychologist Laura Bloom. She thinks of the hippocampus (海马结构), a part of the brain responsible for memory, as the brain’s library and each memory as a card with all the information about what happened on it.
“When something stressful happens, the experience of trauma (精神创伤) causes our brain not necessarily to keep all of the details properly,” she said “Therefore, it will be extremely important and beneficial for you to replace the ‘fight or flight’ response with calmer and more peaceful approaches.”
8. What does the first paragraph serve as?
A. A background.
B. A comment.
C. An explanation.
D. An introduction.
9. Which can replace the underlined part “be engrossed in” in Paragraph 2?
A. Work out.
B. Focus on.
C. Make for.
D. Go over.
10. What is the author probably going to discuss next?
A. Tips on dealing with stressful events.
B. Harm of the “fight or flight” response.
C. Things that affect people’s memory.
D. The importance of details to the brain.
11. What is the best title of the text?
A. How Senses Affect Your Memory
B. How Your Body Responds to Stress
C. Why You May Lose Memory Under Stress
D. Why Your Brain Occasionally Fails to Learn
D
Is forgiveness against our human nature? To answer our question, we need to ask a further question: What is the essence of our humanity? For the sake of simplicity, people consider two distinctly different views of humanity.
The first view involves dominance (支配) and power. In an early paper on the psychology of forgiveness, Droll (1984) made the interesting claim that humans’ essential nature is more aggressive than forgiving allows. Those who forgive are against their basic nature, much to their harm. In his opinion, forgivers are compromising (妥协) their well-being as they offer mercy to others, who might then take advantage of them.
The second view involves the theme of cooperation, mutual respect, and even love as the basis of who we are as humans. Researchers find that to fully grow as human beings, we need both to receive love from and offer love to others. Without love, our connections with a wide range of individuals in our lives can fall apart. Even common sense strongly suggests that the will to power over others does not make for harmonious interactions. For example, how well has slavery worked as a mode of social harmony?
From this second viewpoint of who we are as humans, forgiveness plays a key role in the biological and psychological integrity of both individuals and communities because one of the outcomes of forgiveness, shown through scientific studies, is the decreasing of hate and the restoration of harmony. Forgiveness can break the cycle of anger. At least to the extent the people from whom you are estranged (不和的) accept your love and forgiveness and are prepared to make the required adjustments. Forgiveness can heal relationships and reconnect people.
As an important note, when we take a classical philosophical perspective, we see the distinction between potentiality and actuality. We are not necessarily born with the capacity to forgive, but instead with the potential to learn about it and to grow in our ability to forgive. The actuality of forgiving, in real situations, develops with practice.
12. What is Droll’s idea about forgiveness?
A. People should offer mercy to others.
B. Aggressive people should learn to forgive.
C. Forgiveness depends on the nature of humanity.
D. People who forgive can have their own welfare affected.
13. What does the example in Paragraph 3 illustrate?
A. To fight is to grow.
B. To give is to receive.
C. To forgive is to abuse.
D. To dominate is to harm.
14. What is the writer’s attitude toward forgiveness?
A. Favorable.
B. Opposed.
C. Indifferent
D. Skeptical.
15. What message does the last paragraph convey?
A. Forgiveness is in our nature.
B. Forgiveness grows with time.
C. It takes practice to forgive.
D. Actuality is based on potentiality.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分,满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Ways to Boost Your Energy
Are you sleepy as the afternoon wears on? When low energy drags you down, don’t look to a candy bar, a cup of coffee, or an energy drink for a lift. The sugar and caffeine might give you an immediate pick-me-up, but after that quick high wears off, you’ll crash and feel even more tired. ____16____ Here are some ways.
Let the sunshine in.
Research suggests that just a few minutes of walking outside on a warm, clear day may enhance mood, memory, and the ability to absorb new information. Going outside can even improve your self-esteem. ____17____
Chew a piece of sugar-free gum.
It’s not exactly clear why, but numerous studies have shown that chewing gum increases attentiveness. Even before science confirmed it, during World War I, American soldiers were issued gum to help them focus.
____18____
When you’re stressed, it’s natural to breathe shallowly, which can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches cells. To counteract that, try breathing in through your nose for four seconds, holding your breath for four seconds, and then slowly breathing out for four seconds.
Have a drink of water.
You don’t necessarily have to follow the “eight glasses a day” rule. But you do want to drink enough water to keep your body functioning well. ____19____ The walk there will also help you wake up.
Belt out your favorite tune.
____20____ So grab a hairbrush, put on your favorite song, and sing away. If you’re at work and don’t want to face others’ puzzled stares, you might want to save your beautiful voice for the car.
A. Have a bite.
B. Take a few deep breaths.
C. Singing reduces levels of stress in your body.
D. If you really can’t get out, at least open the shades.
E. What you need is a lasting solution to helping you feel refreshed.
F. Try to get to the fridge or water cooler for a refill every few hours.
G. Expose yourself to natural sunlight especially in the early morning.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题; 每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Milo is a rescue dog, adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door and Milo ____21____ running. “I couldn’t catch him,” she said.
Milo ran to a house across the street. He seemed ____22____ with this house, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his ____23____. When it started scratching on the front door, Swift was ____24____. Not everyone wants a ____25____ dog on their property. But as she tried to ____26____ Milo away, she could hear a sound coming through an open upstairs window. It was a voice crying “Help!”.
Hours earlier, Sherry Starr, 85, had just ____27____ around 4 am, for she had heard the front door bell ring. She walked to an upstairs bathroom, opened the window and looked outside. But no one there. Starr turned to exit. “All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the bathtub, I ____28____,” she said, “I went down hard on the floor. I could not move at all,” said Starr, who was ____29____ between the toilet and the bathtub. Starr was feeling _____30_____ all over, but more than anything, she was scared. “I’m thinking: I’m just going to die here.”
Her best _____31_____, she decided, was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mail box lid when the letter carrier stopped by and scream at the top of her lungs. For the next few hour, Starr _____32_____ crying: “Help! Help! Help!”
“Her voice was very _____33_____,” said Swift. “You had to be right on the spot to hear Mrs. Starr cried for _____34_____ unless you were Milo, who had _____35_____ heard Starr the instant I had opened my front door.” Swift called 911 and soon medical staff helped her out.
21. A. took off
B. cleared of
C. came around
D. wandered around
22. A. concerned
B. unsatisfied
C. impressed
D. delighted
23. A. tail
B. head
C. feet
D. ear
24. A. depressed
B. inspired
C. amused
D. embarrassed
25. A. cute
B. faithful
C. strange
D. gentle
26. A. send
B. turn
C. drag
D. throw
27. A. calmed down
B. lain down
C. sat up
D. risen up
28. A. dived
B. delayed
C. skipped
D. slipped
29. A. found
B. stuck
C. hidden
D. placed
30. A. pain
B. ease
C. strength
D. anger
31. A. bet
B. result
C. role
D. guess
32. A. imagined
B. regretted
C. practiced
D. stopped
33. A. familiar
B. clear
C. soft
D. different
34. A. freedom
B. mercy
C. peace
D. help
35. A. eventually
B. apparently
C. randomly
D. frequently
第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China’s first overpass for wildlife migration has already come into use. Lying over the ____36____ (new) constructed National Highway 216, the bridge is able to link animal habitats ____37____ (separate) by the road.
The national highway ____38____ (design) with the environmental protection as a top priority. Based on years of ____39____ (science) observation of wildlife migration in the region, the bridge was built with the purpose of reducing the highway’s effect ____40____ the animals. The wildlife overpasses and underpasses let animals ____41____ (cross) over or under busy roadways safely and allow them to use ____42____ (they)customary paths, which would otherwise be blocked. Those passageways, with ____43____ total length of 59 kilometers, enable antelopes and other animals to go across the railway freely.
So far, China ____44____ (put) great effort into achieving harmonious coexistence between human development and the protection of wildlife. The Qinghai—Xizang Railway, ____45____ is the world’s highest railroad, has 33 underpasses for the migrating animals.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华,你校将举办一场“英语才艺秀(Talent Show in English)”,请给交换生同学Josh写一封电子邮件,邀请他和你一起组队参加。内容包括:
1 发出结伴邀请;
2. 说明选他的原因;
3. 期待回复。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为 80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Josh,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I sometimes allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it.
The dog was about twelve weeks old. It had no collar(项圈) or identifying marks of any sort. I didn’t know what to do. I thought about posting an advertisement but I really didn’t want to. It would break the kids’ hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely.
By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost—and—found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart beat with fear for what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded extremely eager. My hand shook, couldn’t bring myself to pick up the paper.
Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband.
By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did the housework, it was there to lend a hand.
There was only one problem with this seemingly perfect picture: my conscience(良心)was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number in the paper and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone.
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I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly.
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2024-2025学年度上学期12月月考
高二英语试题
全卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5分,满分7. 5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
1. Where is the hairdryer?
A. In the bedroom. B. In the bathroom. C. In the sitting room.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Expressing thanks. B. Asking for help. C. Making a suggestion.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A bus line. B. A policy. C. A newspaper.
4. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Shop online. B. Take a day off. C. Borrow a coffee machine.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分,满分22. 5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答6-7小题。
6. How does the man usually go to work?
A. By car. B. By bike. C. By subway.
7. What will the man start doing next month?
A. Learning to drive. B. Travelling around the world. C. Looking for a new apartment.
听下面一段对话,回答8-9小题。
8. At what price was The Scream sold?
A. 82. 5 million dollars. B. 106. 5 million dollars. C. 119. 9 million dollars.
9. What does the woman say about the paintings?
A. Their commercial value always changes.
B. They're becoming more valuable than before.
C. They get much appreciation from personal collectors.
听下面一段对话,回答10-12 小题。
10. What does the woman think of studying in France?
A. It's surprising. B. It's worthwhile. C. It's disappointing.
11. Where does the woman advise the man to live when studying abroad?
A. In the school dormitory. B. In a host family. C. In a rented apartment.
12. What did the man do yesterday morning?
A. He surfed the Internet. B. He handed in his application form.
C. He went to the Study-Abroad Center.
听下面一段对话,回答13-16小题。
13. Who is the woman probably?
A. A reporter. B. A hostess. C. A manager.
14. How did the man find the plastic component business?
A. It was tiring. B. It was boring. C. It was interesting.
15. What inspired the man to set up Cliche?
A. Eye shadow. B. A wedding dress. C. Plastic drinking straws.
16. What did the man do to get Cliche started?
A. He sold the products by himself. B. He gave the concept to a big firm.
C. He cooperated with a famous company.
听下面一段对话,回答17-20小题。
17. When did the speaker's mother build a shelter for children?
A. In 2005. B. In 2006. C. In 2007.
18 What disease does the speaker's mother suffer from?
A. Alzheimer's disease. B. Parkinson's disease. C. Blood pressure disorders.
19. What can the speaker's mother do now?
A. Sing songs. B. Watch TV shows. C. Do morning exercises.
20. What will the speaker probably talk about next?
A. Her talks with her mother. B. The care center's regulations. C. Her mother's expectations of her.
第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15 小题;每小题2. 5分,满分37. 5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。
A
Young Writers Awards
About the Contest
Bennington College has a unique literary tradition. We’ve had twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, three US poet laureates, four MacArthur Geniuses, and two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. In celebration of this, Bennington launched the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Students are invited to enter with the following work:
•Poetry: A group of three poems
•Fiction: A short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play
•Nonfiction: A personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)
A first-, second-, and third-place winner is selected in each category. We welcome participation of both US and international students.
Awards & Rules
First-place winners in each category are awarded a prize of $1,000; second-place winners receive $500; third-place winners receive $250.
•No charge for entrance. Fees for accidents caused by participants are required.
•All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and guided by a teacher. We will use your teacher as a contact for the competition should we have any questions. For homeschooled students, please contact one to assist in your writing even if you have experience in such competitions.
Young Writers Awards finalists and winners are also qualified for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington. Young Writers Awards finalists who apply and gain admission to Bennington will receive a $10,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $40,000. Young Writers Awards winners reaching the standard will receive $15,000 every year, for a total of $60,000.
1. What can be learned about the Young Writers Awards?
A. It rewards three winners at last.
B. It’s a tradition of Bennington College.
C. It accepts participants worldwide.
D. It offers scholarships to undergraduates.
2 What are the participants asked to do?
A. Hand in a personal essay. B. Have related writing experience.
C. Pay an entry fee on time. D. Find a teacher to help with the entry.
3. How much will the second-place winner to be admitted into Bennington gain in total?
A. $10,500. B. $15,500.
C. $40,500. D. $60,500.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了本宁顿学院举办的一项面向全球各地的高中生的写作比赛。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据About the Contest部分最后一句“We welcome participation of both US and international students.(我们欢迎美国学生和国际学生的参与。)”可知,该比赛欢迎所有美国和国际学生。由此可推知,Young Writers Awards接受世界各地的参赛者。故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Awards & Rules部分的“All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and guided by a teacher.(所有参赛作品必须是由老师审阅、批准和指导的原创作品。)”和“please contact one to assist in your writing even if you have experience in such competitions(即使你有参加这类比赛的经验,也请联系一个协助你写作的人)”可知,参赛者需要找到一位老师指导自己的参赛作品。故选D项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Awards & Rules部分的“second-place winners receive $500(第二名将获得500美元)”和“Young Writers Awards winners reaching the standard will receive $15,000 every year, for a total of $60,000(达到标准的青年作家奖获奖者每年将获得1.5万美元,总共6万美元)”可知,二等奖获得者会得到500美元的奖励,在申请并被本宁顿学院录取后会获得60000美元的奖学金,故一共会获得60500美元。故选D项。
B
One January evening in 2008, Rachel Lapierre bought a $4 lottery ticket at the grocery store. As a nearly full-time emergency-room nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, after an exhausting day cutting sugar maples , she needed something to lift her spirits. For years, Lapierre had done humanitarian work overseas for organizations and she longed to be able to one day quit her nursing job and focus on the volunteer work she found most fulfilling.
She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do. Lapierre went home and scratched her ticket, revealing three sunny faces. Not sure what they meant, she took it to a corner store, where the ticket-checking machine went berserk but didn’t reveal the prize. The next day, the lottery office informed her that she had won a lump sum of $6,75,000 or $1,000 a week for life. She chose the latter. “I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.”
Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity. LeBook, as Lapierre, now 62, affectionately calls it, began as a simple list of good deeds she jotted down in a black-and-white notebook. She had been using it to keep track of what she had done to help those living in the small communities around her.
To her, the deeds were just small acts of kindness that anyone else might have done. But word started spreading, her phone began ringing and a Facebook page she created for the project became an efficient way to field requests from those in need and those who wanted to help.
Le Book Humanitaire now has a team of 80 volunteers. The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge. Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools.
The book itself? It has since been replaced by dozens more, representing millions of deeds. In2022 alone, the organization carried out nearly 4,50,000 acts of service.
4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?
A. Lapierre chose a lump sum of $6,75,000.
B. Lapierre loved her full- time job very much.
C. Lapierre knew the meaning of three sunny faces at first.
D Lapierre didn’t think she would spend a large amount of money wisely.
5. What is Le Book Humanitaire?
A. It is a notebook. B. It is a Facebook page.
C. It is a non-profit charity. D. It is run by local communities.
6. Which of the following is true about the project?
A. It conducted 45000 acts of service in all.
B. It provided everything a community needed.
C. It relied on local donations to provide meals.
D. It was just about small acts of kindness for anyone else .
7. Which words can best describe Lapierre?
A. Greedy and close-minded. B. Courageous and easy-going.
C. Humorous and self-disciplined. D. Determined and tender-hearted.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述了中彩票的Rachel Lapierre信守诺言,辞去了护士的工作,并通过她的项目“Le Book Humanitaire”致力于帮助他人,她认为一件好事可以影响十个人。如果我们都做一件好事就可以拯救世界。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。从文中第二段最后一句““I know myself, ”she says.” The lump sum would have melted like snow in the sun.”(“我了解我自己,”她说。“这笔钱会像阳光下的雪一样融化。”)”可知,她觉得自己当时不会理智地使用这笔钱。故选D。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。 从文中第三段“Staying true to her word, Lapierre quit her nursing job and dedicated her life to helping others through her passion project, Le Book Humanitaire, which has since become a registered charity.(Lapierre信守诺言,辞去了护士的工作,并通过她的热情项目Le Book Humanitaire致力于帮助他人,该项目已成为一家注册慈善机构。)”和第五段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可知,这是一个非营利的慈善组织 。故选C。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。从文中第五段“Its kitchen volunteers make about 500 meals a day, with all food donated from local restaurants, hospitals and schools.(它的厨房志愿者每天做大约500顿饭,所有的食物都来自当地的餐馆、医院和学校。)”可知,食材来自于当地的捐赠。故选C。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。从第二段“She swore to herself that if she ever won the lottery, that’s what she would do.(她对自己发誓,如果她中了彩票,她就会这么做。)”可知,她是下定决心的,坚定的(determined);根据后文提到她做慈善,比如倒数第二段“The non-profit provides local emergency support, homeless and medical out- reach, food delivery for seniors and a community fridge.(这家非营利组织为当地提供紧急援助、无家可归者和医疗救助、老年人食品配送和社区冰箱。)”可以看出,她是慈悲的,心肠软的(tender-hearted)。故选D。
C
During a job interview, you’re so nervous that it’s hard to think. And afterwards, when someone asks you how it goes, you actually can’t remember. You might feel that you’re losing your memory, but according to Dr Ira Fischler, this “blackout” is probably not a loss of memory at all. It’s more likely that you didn’t even have the memory in the first place.
Fischler is a professor of psychology at the University of Florida. “When memories of specific emotional events appear to be lost, it’s most often because our attention during the event is not on the interaction itself,” he told Global News. Instead, it’s common for a person to be engrossed in how they present themselves or their inner emotional state during the interaction—especially at the stressful moments. This would explain why some people struggle to recall the questions asked during a job interview, for example. They are instead concentrating their attention on how they’re presenting themselves to the employers at that moment.
When we’re in a situation that causes nervousness or anxiety, a “fight or flight” reaction is caused, which sends certain hormones (荷尔蒙) out into the body. “It can cause several side effects, like feeling light-headed and dizzy and affect the way our brain remembers situations that we’ve been in,” said psychologist Laura Bloom. She thinks of the hippocampus (海马结构), a part of the brain responsible for memory, as the brain’s library and each memory as a card with all the information about what happened on it.
“When something stressful happens, the experience of trauma (精神创伤) causes our brain not necessarily to keep all of the details properly,” she said “Therefore, it will be extremely important and beneficial for you to replace the ‘fight or flight’ response with calmer and more peaceful approaches.”
8. What does the first paragraph serve as?
A. A background. B. A comment. C. An explanation. D. An introduction.
9. Which can replace the underlined part “be engrossed in” in Paragraph 2?
A. Work out. B. Focus on. C. Make for. D. Go over.
10. What is the author probably going to discuss next?
A. Tips on dealing with stressful events.
B. Harm of the “fight or flight” response.
C. Things that affect people’s memory.
D. The importance of details to the brain.
11. What is the best title of the text?
A. How Senses Affect Your Memory
B. How Your Body Responds to Stress
C. Why You May Lose Memory Under Stress
D. Why Your Brain Occasionally Fails to Learn
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是篇说明文。当人们处于一种紧张或焦虑的状态时,可能会感到一种暂时性的失忆,但事实是,你可能从一开始就没有这种记忆,文章分析说明了这种状况形成的原因。
8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“You might feel that you’re losing your memory, but according to Dr Ira Fischler, this “blackout” is probably not a loss of memory at all. It’s more likely that you didn’t even have the memory in the first place.”(你可能会觉得你正在失去记忆,但根据Ira Fischler博士的说法,这种“暂时性的意识丧失”可能根本不是记忆丧失,更有可能的是,你根本就没有这种记忆。)和第二段“When memories of specific emotional events appear to be lost, it’s most often because our attention during the event is not on the interaction itself,”(当特定情感事件的记忆似乎消失时,最常见的原因是我们在事件发生时的注意力不在互动本身,)以及三、四段内容可知,二、三、四段主要在分析说明第一段提出的“blackout”出现的主要原因,所以第一段起到了引出主题的作用。故选D。
【9题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第二段“When memories of specific emotional events appear to be lost, it’s most often because our attention during the event is not on the interaction itself,”(当特定情感事件的记忆似乎消失时,最常见的原因是我们在事件发生时的注意力不在互动本身,)及划线词所在句“Instead, it’s common for a person to be engrossed in how they present themselves or their inner emotional state during the interaction—especially at the stressful moments.”(相反,一个人在互动中专注于自己的表现或内心的情绪状态是很常见的—尤其是在压力大的时候。)可知,人们在事件发生时所专注的不是互动本身,而是自己的表现或情绪状态,所以“be engrossed in”表示“专注于”。故选B。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“When something stressful happens, the experience of trauma (精神创伤) causes our brain not necessarily to keep all of the details properly,”(当有压力的事情发生时,创伤的经历会导致我们的大脑不一定能正确地记住所有的细节,)和“Therefore, it will be extremely important and beneficial for you to replace the ‘fight or flight’ response with calmer and more peaceful approaches.”(因此,用更平静、更和平的方法来取代“战斗或逃跑”的反应将是非常重要和有益的。)可知,作者接下来很可能会讨论具体的应对有压力的事情的和平的方法。故选A。
【11题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段““When memories of specific emotional events appear to be lost, it’s most often because our attention during the event is not on the interaction itself,” he told Global News. Instead, it’s common for a person to be engrossed in how they present themselves or their inner emotional state during the interaction—especially at the stressful moments. ”(他在接受《环球新闻》采访时表示:“当特定情感事件的记忆消失时,最常见的原因是我们在事件发生时的注意力没有放在互动本身上。”相反,一个人在互动中专注于自己的表现或内心的情绪状态是很常见的—尤其是在压力大的时候。)及全文内容可知,本文主要是在分析说明人们在压力大的情况下可能会失去记忆的原因。故选C。
D
Is forgiveness against our human nature? To answer our question, we need to ask a further question: What is the essence of our humanity? For the sake of simplicity, people consider two distinctly different views of humanity.
The first view involves dominance (支配) and power. In an early paper on the psychology of forgiveness, Droll (1984) made the interesting claim that humans’ essential nature is more aggressive than forgiving allows. Those who forgive are against their basic nature, much to their harm. In his opinion, forgivers are compromising (妥协) their well-being as they offer mercy to others, who might then take advantage of them.
The second view involves the theme of cooperation, mutual respect, and even love as the basis of who we are as humans. Researchers find that to fully grow as human beings, we need both to receive love from and offer love to others. Without love, our connections with a wide range of individuals in our lives can fall apart. Even common sense strongly suggests that the will to power over others does not make for harmonious interactions. For example, how well has slavery worked as a mode of social harmony?
From this second viewpoint of who we are as humans, forgiveness plays a key role in the biological and psychological integrity of both individuals and communities because one of the outcomes of forgiveness, shown through scientific studies, is the decreasing of hate and the restoration of harmony. Forgiveness can break the cycle of anger. At least to the extent the people from whom you are estranged (不和的) accept your love and forgiveness and are prepared to make the required adjustments. Forgiveness can heal relationships and reconnect people.
As an important note, when we take a classical philosophical perspective, we see the distinction between potentiality and actuality. We are not necessarily born with the capacity to forgive, but instead with the potential to learn about it and to grow in our ability to forgive. The actuality of forgiving, in real situations, develops with practice.
12. What is Droll’s idea about forgiveness?
A. People should offer mercy to others.
B. Aggressive people should learn to forgive.
C. Forgiveness depends on the nature of humanity.
D. People who forgive can have their own welfare affected.
13. What does the example in Paragraph 3 illustrate?
A. To fight is to grow. B. To give is to receive.
C. To forgive is to abuse. D. To dominate is to harm.
14. What is the writer’s attitude toward forgiveness?
A. Favorable. B. Opposed. C. Indifferent D. Skeptical.
15. What message does the last paragraph convey?
A. Forgiveness is in our nature. B. Forgiveness grows with time.
C. It takes practice to forgive. D. Actuality is based on potentiality.
【答案】12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章围绕“原谅是否违背人类本性”这一主题进行了深入的探讨和论证,通过对比不同的人类本性观点,分析了原谅在个体和社区中的作用和意义。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Those who forgive are against their basic nature, much to their harm. In his opinion, forgivers are compromising their well-being as they offer mercy to others, who might then take advantage of them. (那些宽恕的人违背了他们的本性,对他们造成了很大的伤害。在他看来,宽恕者在向他人提供仁慈的同时,也在损害自己的幸福,而这些人可能会利用他们)”可知,Droll认为宽恕别人会影响自己的幸福。故选D。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“Without love, our connections with a wide range of individuals in our lives can fall apart. Even common sense strongly suggests that the will to power over others does not make for harmonious interactions. (没有爱,我们与生活中各种各样的人的联系就会破裂。甚至常识也强烈表明,控制他人的意愿并不会促成和谐的互动。)”可知,没有爱,我们与他人的联系就会破裂,控制他人的意愿并不会促成和谐的互动;结合下文“For example, how well has slavery worked as a mode of social harmony? (例如,奴隶制作为社会和谐的一种模式发挥了多大的作用)”可知,奴隶制是一个基于对他人的支配和控制的制度,它造成了大量的伤害和痛苦,此处通过以奴隶社会举例,以反问的方式,来阐明试图通过支配和权力来控制他人并不能带来真正的和谐或幸福,即控制就是伤害。故选D。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“We are not necessarily born with the capacity to forgive, but instead with the potential to learn about it and to grow in our ability to forgive. (我们不一定天生就有宽恕的能力,但我们有潜力去学习宽恕,并在宽恕的能力中成长)”可知,作者对于宽恕持支持的态度。故选A。
【15题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“As an important note, when we take a classical philosophical perspective, we see the distinction between potentiality and actuality. We are not necessarily born with the capacity to forgive, but instead with the potential to learn about it and to grow in our ability to forgive. The actuality of forgiving, in real situations, develops with practice. (值得注意的是,当我们从古典哲学的角度来看,我们看到了潜能和现实性之间的区别。我们不一定天生就有宽恕的能力,但我们有潜力去学习宽恕,并在宽恕的能力中成长。在现实生活中,宽恕的现实是随着实践而发展的)”可知,最后一段主要传达了原谅需要实践的信息。作者通过引用古典哲学中关于潜在性和实际性的观点,指出我们并不是天生就具备原谅的能力,而是需要通过学习和实践来培养和发展这种能力。因此,原谅并不是一种自然而然的行为,而是需要我们付出努力去实践的。故选C。
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分,满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Ways to Boost Your Energy
Are you sleepy as the afternoon wears on? When low energy drags you down, don’t look to a candy bar, a cup of coffee, or an energy drink for a lift. The sugar and caffeine might give you an immediate pick-me-up, but after that quick high wears off, you’ll crash and feel even more tired. ____16____ Here are some ways.
Let the sunshine in.
Research suggests that just a few minutes of walking outside on a warm, clear day may enhance mood, memory, and the ability to absorb new information. Going outside can even improve your self-esteem. ____17____
Chew a piece of sugar-free gum.
It’s not exactly clear why, but numerous studies have shown that chewing gum increases attentiveness. Even before science confirmed it, during World War I, American soldiers were issued gum to help them focus.
____18____
When you’re stressed, it’s natural to breathe shallowly, which can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches cells. To counteract that, try breathing in through your nose for four seconds, holding your breath for four seconds, and then slowly breathing out for four seconds.
Have a drink of water.
You don’t necessarily have to follow the “eight glasses a day” rule. But you do want to drink enough water to keep your body functioning well. ____19____ The walk there will also help you wake up.
Belt out your favorite tune.
____20____ So grab a hairbrush, put on your favorite song, and sing away. If you’re at work and don’t want to face others’ puzzled stares, you might want to save your beautiful voice for the car.
A. Have a bite.
B. Take a few deep breaths.
C. Singing reduces levels of stress in your body.
D. If you really can’t get out, at least open the shades.
E. What you need is a lasting solution to helping you feel refreshed.
F. Try to get to the fridge or water cooler for a refill every few hours.
G. Expose yourself to natural sunlight, especially in the early morning.
【答案】16. E 17. D 18. B 19. F 20. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些自然而有效的方法来帮助读者在下午感到困倦时提神。
【16题详解】
上文“Are you sleepy as the afternoon wears on? When low energy drags you down, don’t look to a candy bar, a cup of coffee, or an energy drink for a lift. The sugar and caffeine might give you an immediate pick-me-up, but after that quick high wears off, you’ll crash and feel even more tired.(随着下午时间的推移,你是否感到困倦?当低能量拖垮你时,不要指望一根巧克力棒、一杯咖啡或一瓶能量饮料来提神。糖分和咖啡因可能会立即给你带来提振,但这种短暂的兴奋过后,你会感到崩溃,甚至更加疲惫)” 讲述了下午时分感到困倦和能量低下的情况,并建议不要依赖糖果、咖啡或能量饮料来提神,下文“Here are some ways.(以下是一些方法)”表明了接下来将提供一些解决这种情况的方法,E项“你需要的是一个持久的解决方案,帮助你感到神清气爽。” 对上文的问题提出解决方案,同时引出下文,符合语境。故选E项。
17题详解】
上文“Let the sunshine in. Research suggests that just a few minutes of walking outside on a warm, clear day may enhance mood, memory, and the ability to absorb new information. Going outside can even improve your self-esteem.(让阳光进来。研究表明,在温暖晴朗的日子里,只需在户外散步几分钟,就可以增强情绪、记忆力和吸收新信息的能力。外出甚至可以提高你的自尊)”说明了外出的好处,D项“如果你真的出不去,至少打开窗帘。”承接上文,呼应段落小标题,符合语境。故选D项。
【18题详解】
下文“When you’re stressed, it’s natural to breathe shallowly, which can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches cells. To counteract that, try breathing in through your nose for four seconds, holding your breath for four seconds, and then slowly breathing out for four seconds.(当你有压力时,自然会浅呼吸,这会减少到达细胞的氧气量。为了抵消这种影响,试着用鼻子吸气4秒钟,屏住呼吸4秒钟,然后慢慢呼气4秒钟)”具体介绍了怎样做深呼吸,B项“做几次深呼吸。” 概括下文内容,符合语境。故选B项。
【19题详解】
上文“You don’t necessarily have to follow the “eight glasses a day” rule. But you do want to drink enough water to keep your body functioning well.(你不一定非得遵循“每天八杯水”的规则。但是,你确实需要喝足够的水来保持身体的良好运转)”表明喝水的重要性,下文“The walk there will also help you wake up.(走到那也会帮助你清醒过来)”说明了去取水的步行也有助于提神,F项“试着每隔几个小时就去冰箱或饮水机那里补充水分。” 具体建议每隔几小时就补充水分,与上文保持水分充足的建议一致,且与下文关于步行提神的内容相衔接,符合语境。故选F项。
【20题详解】
上文“Belt out your favorite tune.(唱出你最喜欢的曲子)”概括本段大意,下文“So grab a hairbrush, put on your favorite song, and sing away.(所以,拿起发刷,播放你最喜欢的歌曲,放声歌唱吧)”给出了具体的行动建议,C项“唱歌可以降低你体内的压力水平。” 解释了要唱歌的原因,符合语境。故选C项。
第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)
第一节(共15小题; 每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Milo is a rescue dog, adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door and Milo ____21____ running. “I couldn’t catch him,” she said.
Milo ran to a house across the street. He seemed ____22____ with this house, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his ____23____. When it started scratching on the front door, Swift was ____24____. Not everyone wants a ____25____ dog on their property. But as she tried to ____26____ Milo away, she could hear a sound coming through an open upstairs window. It was a voice crying “Help!”.
Hours earlier, Sherry Starr, 85, had just ____27____ around 4 am, for she had heard the front door bell ring. She walked to an upstairs bathroom, opened the window and looked outside. But no one there. Starr turned to exit. “All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the bathtub, I ____28____,” she said, “I went down hard on the floor. I could not move at all,” said Starr, who was ____29____ between the toilet and the bathtub. Starr was feeling _____30_____ all over, but more than anything, she was scared. “I’m thinking: I’m just going to die here.”
Her best _____31_____, she decided, was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mail box lid when the letter carrier stopped by and scream at the top of her lungs. For the next few hour, Starr _____32_____ crying: “Help! Help! Help!”
“Her voice was very _____33_____,” said Swift. “You had to be right on the spot to hear Mrs. Starr cried for _____34_____ unless you were Milo, who had _____35_____ heard Starr the instant I had opened my front door.” Swift called 911 and soon medical staff helped her out.
21. A. took off B. cleared of C. came around D. wandered around
22. A. concerned B. unsatisfied C. impressed D. delighted
23. A. tail B. head C. feet D. ear
24 A. depressed B. inspired C. amused D. embarrassed
25. A. cute B. faithful C. strange D. gentle
26. A. send B. turn C. drag D. throw
27. A. calmed down B. lain down C. sat up D. risen up
28. A. dived B. delayed C. skipped D. slipped
29. A. found B. stuck C. hidden D. placed
30. A. pain B. ease C. strength D. anger
31. A. bet B. result C. role D. guess
32. A. imagined B. regretted C. practiced D. stopped
33. A. familiar B. clear C. soft D. different
34. A. freedom B. mercy C. peace D. help
35. A. eventually B. apparently C. randomly D. frequently
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. C 34. D 35. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了搜救犬米洛在主人斯威夫特早上打开家门的时候迅速跑出去,在一户人家门前刮门,斯威夫特觉得尴尬想拖走他,但是意外听到这家的主人斯塔尔夫人在呼救,原来她凌晨起床时在浴室滑倒没法动,米洛成功救了斯塔尔夫人。
【21题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意:2021年11月的一天早上,斯威夫特打开她家的前门,米洛就跑了起来。A. took off匆忙离去,突然离开;B. cleared of清除,清理;C. came around苏醒;D. wandered around闲逛,溜达。根据下文“I couldn’t catch him”可知,斯威夫特抓不住米洛,所以应该是突然飞跑出去。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他似乎对这所房子不满意,所以他跑到隔壁的房子,斯威夫特飞快地跟在后面。A. concerned担忧的;B. unsatisfied不满意的;C. impressed印象深刻的;D. delighted高兴的。根据下文“so he ran to the one next door”可知,米洛跑到了另一家,所以应该是对第一家不太满意。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他似乎对这所房子不满意,所以他跑到隔壁的房子,斯威夫特紧跟在后面。A. tail尾巴;B. head头;C. feet脚;D. ear耳朵。根据上文“so he ran to the one next door”可知,米洛从一家跑到另一家,斯威夫特作为主人应该是紧随其后。on one’s tail是固定短语,意为“紧追着”。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当他开始刮前门时,斯威夫特感到很尴尬。A. depressed绝望的;B. inspired受启发的;C. amused觉得好笑的;D. embarrassed尴尬的。根据下文“Not everyone wants a ____5____ dog on their property.”可知,不是每个人都想要一只狗在他们的地盘上,所以斯威夫特会因为米洛的行为感到尴尬。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:不是每个人都想要一只奇怪的狗在他们的地盘上。A. cute可爱的;B. faithful忠诚的;C. strange奇怪的;D. gentle温柔的。根据上文“When it started scratching on the front door”可知,米洛在刮人家的前门,应该是很奇怪的。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:但当她试图把米洛拖走时,她听到楼上一扇开着的窗户里传来了声音。A. send送;B. turn转;C. drag拖;D. throw扔。根据上文“Not everyone wants a ____5____ dog on their property.”可知,不是每个人都想要一只狗在他们的地盘上,所以斯威夫特会试图把米洛拖走,避免引起别人的反感。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意:几小时前,85岁的雪莉·斯塔尔凌晨4点左右起床,因为她听到前门的门铃响了。A. calmed down平静下来;B. lain down躺下来;C. sat up坐起来;D. risen up起床。根据下文“She walked to an upstairs bathroom”可知,斯塔尔走到楼上的浴室,所以4点的时候起床了。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:突然,站在马桶和浴缸之间的我滑倒了。A. dived跳水;B. delayed延迟;C. skipped跳过;D. slipped滑倒。根据下文“I went down hard on the floor.”可知,斯塔尔倒在地板上,所以应该是在浴室滑倒了。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:斯塔尔被卡在马桶和浴缸之间。A. found找到;B. stuck卡住;C. hidden隐藏;D. placed放置。根据上文“I could not move at all”可知,斯塔尔根本没法动,所以是卡在了马桶和浴缸之间。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:斯塔尔感到全身疼痛,但最重要的是,她很害怕。A. pain疼痛;B. ease舒适;C. strength强度;D. anger生气。根据上文“I went down hard on the floor. I could not move at all”,并结合斯塔尔已经85岁了可知,她倒在地上,应该是全身疼痛。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她决定,最好的办法就是听邮递员路过时她邮箱盖发出的吱吱声,然后扯开嗓子尖叫起来。A. bet办法;B. result结果;C. role角色;D. guess猜测。根据下文“was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mail box lid when the letter carrier stopped by and scream at the top of her lungs”可知,面对这样的困境,斯塔尔认为让自己获救的最好办法就是向路过的邮递员呼救。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:在接下来的几个小时里,斯塔尔练习着大喊:“救命!救命!救命!”A. imagined想象;B. regretted后悔;C. practiced练习;D. stopped停止。根据上文“scream at the top of her lungs”可知,斯塔尔准备在邮递员路过的时候大声呼救,所以会先提前练习呼救。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:斯威夫特说:“她的声音很轻软。”A. familiar熟悉的;B. clear清楚的;C. soft轻柔的;D. different不同的。根据下文“You had to be right on the spot to hear Mrs. Starr cried for”可知,人必须要在现场才能听到斯塔尔夫人的呼救,所以她的声音应该很轻柔。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:除非你是米洛,否则你必须在现场才能听到斯塔尔夫人的呼救,因为我一打开前门,米洛显然就听到了斯塔尔的呼救。A. freedom自由;B. mercy仁慈;C. peace平静;D. help呼救。根据上文“Help! Help! Help!”可知,斯塔尔夫人在呼救。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:除非你是米洛,否则你必须在现场才能听到斯塔尔夫人的呼救,因为我一打开前门,米洛显然就听到了斯塔尔的呼救。A. eventually最终;B. apparently显然;C. randomly随机;D. frequently经常。根据空后“the instant I had opened my front door”并结合上文搜救犬米洛突然跑出家门可推知,米洛那么迅速地跑到斯塔尔夫人的家门口是因为他显然听到了她的呼救。故选B。
第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China’s first overpass for wildlife migration has already come into use. Lying over the ____36____ (new) constructed National Highway 216, the bridge is able to link animal habitats ____37____ (separate) by the road.
The national highway ____38____ (design) with the environmental protection as a top priority. Based on years of ____39____ (science) observation of wildlife migration in the region, the bridge was built with the purpose of reducing the highway’s effect ____40____ the animals. The wildlife overpasses and underpasses let animals ____41____ (cross) over or under busy roadways safely and allow them to use ____42____ (they)customary paths, which would otherwise be blocked. Those passageways, with ____43____ total length of 59 kilometers, enable antelopes and other animals to go across the railway freely.
So far, China ____44____ (put) great effort into achieving harmonious coexistence between human development and the protection of wildlife. The Qinghai—Xizang Railway, ____45____ is the world’s highest railroad, has 33 underpasses for the migrating animals.
【答案】36. newly
37. separated
38. was designed
39. scientific
40. on 41. cross
42. their 43. a
44. has put
45. which
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国首座野生动物迁徙立交桥投入使用。该桥连接了被国道分离开的野生动物栖息地。
【36题详解】
考查副词。句意:这座桥位于新建成的216国道上,能够连接被公路隔开的动物栖息地。分析句式结构可知,修饰过去分词constructed应该用副词,所以空格处应该用提示词的副词形式。故填newly。
【37题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意:同上。分析句式结构再根据空格后的by可知,此处用过去分词separated作后置定语,表示“被隔开”符合语境。故填separated。
【38题详解】
考查被动时态语态。句意:国道的设计以环境保护为重中之重。分析句意可知,本金描述过去的事情,用一般过去时,design和主语之间是被动关系,所以本句应该用被动语态,故填was designed。
【39题详解】
考查形容词。句意:基于对该地区野生动物迁徙的多年科学观察,这座桥的建造目的是减少高速公路对动物的影响。故填scientific。
【40题详解】
考查介词。句意:同上。分析句意再根据空格前的effect可知,此处用介词on与effect构成固定搭配,表示“对……的影响”符合语境。故填on。
【41题详解】
考查动词。句意:野生动物立交桥和地下通道让动物可以安全地穿过繁忙的道路,并允许它们使用自己习惯的路径,否则这些路径会被堵塞。分析句意再根据空格前的使役动词let可知,此处应该用省略to的动词不定式做宾补,故填cross。
【42题详解】
考查形容词性物主代词。句意:同上。分析句式结构可知,此处应该用形容词性物主代词修饰空格后的名词paths。故填their。
【43题详解】
考查冠词。句意:这些通道全长59公里,使羚羊和其他动物可以自由穿越铁路。分析句意再根据空格后的total和of可知,此处用不定冠词a构成固定搭配a total of表示“总数为……”符合语境。故填a。
【44题详解】
考查动词的时态。句意:迄今为止,中国致力于实现人类发展与野生动物保护的和谐共存。根据句首的时间状语So far可知,本句的时态应该用现在完成时,又因为主语China是第三人称单数,所以谓语动词应该用第三人称单数形式。故填has put。
【45题详解】
考查定语从句。句意:青藏铁路是世界上海拔最高的铁路,为迁徙的动物修建了33条地下通道。分析句式结构可知,此处是非限制性定语从句,先行词是物,且从句中缺少主语,所以用关系代词which来引导非限制性定语从句。故填which。
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华,你校将举办一场“英语才艺秀(Talent Show in English)”,请给交换生同学Josh写一封电子邮件,邀请他和你一起组队参加。内容包括:
1. 发出结伴邀请;
2. 说明选他的原因;
3. 期待回复。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为 80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Josh,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Josh,
How are you doing? I am writing to invite you to join me in the upcoming Talent Show in English at our school. As an exchange student, you show truly impressive proficiency in English, and I believe that we would make a great team together. I want to partner with you because your ability to speak and write English is something that I aspire to achieve. Moreover, I think that our combined talents will create a unique and entertaining performance that will impress the judges and the audience.
We can brainstorm ideas for our act and practice together. I am confident that we can come up with something amazing if we work together. Please let me know if you are interested in joining me. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生邀请交换生Josh和你结伴参加“英语才艺秀”。
【详解】1.词汇积累
而且:moreover→in addition
天赋:talent→gift
提出:come up with→put forward
令人吃惊的:amazing→surprising
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句:I am writing to invite you to join me in the upcoming Talent Show in English at our school.
拓展句:I am writing to invite you to join me in the upcoming Talent Show in English which will be held at our school.
【点睛】【高分句型1】As an exchange student, you show truly impressive proficiency in English, and I believe that we would make a great team together. (运用了that引导的宾语从句)
【高分句型2】Moreover, I think that our combined talents will create a unique and entertaining performance that will impress the judges and the audience.(运用了that引导的限定性定语从句)
第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I sometimes allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it.
The dog was about twelve weeks old. It had no collar(项圈) or identifying marks of any sort. I didn’t know what to do. I thought about posting an advertisement but I really didn’t want to. It would break the kids’ hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely.
By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost—and—found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart beat with fear for what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded extremely eager. My hand shook, couldn’t bring myself to pick up the paper.
Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband.
By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did the housework, it was there to lend a hand.
There was only one problem with this seemingly perfect picture: my conscience(良心)was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number in the paper and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone.
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I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly.
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【答案】 With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the phone. With butterflies in my stomach, I dialed the telephone number. Secretly I prayed no one would answer, but someone did. The voice on the other end was that of a young woman. After describing the dog to her in detail, she immediately wanted to come over. I said that my daughters love it very much and meanwhile apologized for not having contacted her a few days before. 30 minutes later, the bell rang and Molly was barking. I opened the door, forcing myself to face it.
I asked the woman to come in and she quickly bent over and hugged Molly tightly. Molly started wagging its tail and barking excitedly as if it had recognized someone familiar. Surprised and excited, the woman told me that she couldn’t sleep well without it and thanked us for keeping her dog for these days. She offered to give me some cash as a reward, but I refused. After she took Molly away, I cracked a smile. I knew I had done the right thing―that puppy was exactly where she belonged.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开,主要讲述了一条小狗跟着孩子们来到了作者家,由于小狗很可爱,孩子们特别喜爱它,乞求作者收留小狗。作者心里明白,应该刊登广告寻找狗主人。但为了不伤孩子们的心,作者决定收留小狗。几周后,作者在报纸上看到了一条寻找失踪小狗的信息,而小狗已融入作者家中,所以作者不想打电话联系失主,但仍良心不安,陷入纠结。
【详解】1.段落续写:
①由第一段首句内容“我百感交集,终于拿起了电话”可知,第一段可描写作者打电话之后发生的事。
②由第二段首句内容“我请那个女人进来,她很快弯下腰,紧紧地抱住莫利。”可知,第二段可描写小狗确实是这家人的,虽然不舍,但作者一家归还了小狗,作者认为自己做了正确的事情。
2.续写线索:打电话——确认信息——失主到来——认狗——还狗
3.词汇激活
行为类
①过来:come over/ drop over
②道歉: apologize for /say sorry for
③告诉:tell/inform
情绪类
①开心: crack a smile /happy
②兴奋的:excited/thrilled
【点睛】[高分句型1] I said that my daughters love it very much and meanwhile apologized for not having contacted her a few days before. (that引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] I knew I had done the right thing―that puppy was exactly where she belonged.(where引导的表语从句)
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